KAWAI KANJIRŌ
Box title: 海鼠壷 (Namako tsubo); Sea Cucumber Vessel
Box signature: 寛 (Kan)
Box seal: 河井寛之印 (Kawai Kan no in); Kawai Kan’s seal
Further images
Literature
For similar glaze, see:
Kawai Kanjiro: The Kawakatsu Collection in The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto. Kyoto: The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto and Mitsumura Suiko Shoin, 2019, pp. 84-85, pls. 91-92; p. 116, pl. 149; p. 165, pl. 217. Also p. 72, pl. 73 and p. 234, pl. 304.
50 Year Anniversary After Kawai Kanjiro's Passing – Kawai Kanjiro. Edited by Hasegawa Yumiko, Yamazaki Tsuyoshi, Aihata Keiji, Nakagawa Takao. Tokyo: Mainichi Shimbun, 2016-18, p. 86, pl. 59.
Kawai Kanjiro: The Kawakatsu Collection in The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto. Kyoto: Toho Shuppan, 2005, p. 100, pls. 141, 143.
General references:
Baekeland, Frederick. Modern Japanese Ceramics in American Collections. New York: Japan Society, 1993, pp. 53-55, 65-66, 142-145.
Kawai Kanjirō to Munakata Shikō: Nihon mingeikan shozōhin o chūshin ni (Kawai Kanjirō and Munakata Shikō: Collection of the Japan Folk Crafts Museum). Chiba: Chiba City Museum of Art, 2016.
Painted Clay: Wada Morihiro and Modern Ceramics of Japan. With essays by Diana X. Yang and Alice North and introduction by Joan Mirviss. New York: Joan B Mirviss LTD, 2023, pp. 38 and 40.
Todate, Kazuko and Ann Nishimura Morse. Earth, Fire, Woven Bamboo: Contemporary Japanese Ceramics and Bamboo Art. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 2013, pp. 27, 32-33, 140.
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